Kenneth Frazier Quotes
I've always admired lawyers who use their power to effect social change, and Thurgood Marshall was always a childhood hero of mine.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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Matt Weiner is very perceptive; there's something about the rhythms and the way people speak that is very authentic to the actor. But there are qualities that are dissimilar. The characters on 'Mad Men' are struggling with pretty profound unhappiness, but I can tell you this is a happy bunch.
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My biggest influences as an actor were Marlon Brando, and I really dug James Dean.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.
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My mom had me when she was 19 or 20. And my father was 22 or something. They were working on whatever they could, both of them aiming to be actors in theater.
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The CARFA Act is about accountability in the federal government: making sure that taxpayers are getting their money's worth and not being defrauded. This is a bipartisan concept, and it is worthy of broad support across the Congress.
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I think the play actually became bigger than me. No pun intended.
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A Kindle returns us to the inconvenience of the scroll, except with batteries and electronic glitches. It's as handy as bringing Homer along to recite the 'Iliad' while playing a lyre.
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There is a fantasy as old as the modern gay rights movement that if all our skins turned lavender overnight, the majority, confounded by our numbers and our diversity, and recognising a few of our faces, would at once let go of prejudice forevermore.
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When you're young, with less on the line, it's easier to be audacious, to experiment. So I introduced the concerns of my generation - politics, sex, drugs, rock-and-roll, etc. - to the comics page, which for many years caused a rolling furor.
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Image means a lot. It is everything in the business that we are in.
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.
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I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.
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We're seeing a reaction - and people taking to the streets with pots and pans - in areas where the independence movement isn't supposed to exist. People have to choose between one model and another. Everyone in Catalonia has realised that not taking part means ratifying the politics of repression of the Spanish government.
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The culture is eating nature; it's overpowering storytelling. Movies are turning into games - it's abut the image, not nuance.
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If you do a character that resonates enough, people are always going to see you as that character. It will just be up to me to make choices where I can flex other muscles.
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One of the downsides of working in antiquity is that you don't have many female voices, but you certainly have a lot of male terror about the potential of women's power. It shows you very clearly that the most oppressive cultures tend to be afraid of those whom they oppress.
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The reason literacy is important is that literature is the operating instructions. The best manual we have. The most useful guide to the country we're visiting, life.
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Narrative has been part of human consciousness for a long time. And if it has played a part in all those thousands of years, it will know a trick or two. It will be wise. It will be mischievous. It will be helpful. It will be generous.
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I've always admired lawyers who use their power to effect social change, and Thurgood Marshall was always a childhood hero of mine.
